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ICE's top onscreen moments

ICE's top onscreen moments

Television and movies are full of depictions of law enforcement agencies in action. While not everything you see is accurate, positive onscreen depictions of law enforcement agencies can go a long way in helping raise the public profile of that agency. The viewership for a primetime TV show can receive more than 10 times the viewership of a news program. While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not yet a household name, there are more and more instances of ICE onscreen.

GRACELAND, premiering June 6 on USA Network, is a fictional TV series about a group of roommates who are actually undercover agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The 2005 made-for-TV movie Human Trafficking, starring Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland, highlighted ICE's role in combating human trafficking. The main protagonist is a dedicated ICE special agent, who is devoted to bringing human traffickers to justice.

Highlighting high-risk fugitives being investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service and ICE, this ongoing reality series, which started in 2008, showcased ICE's ability to investigate, locate and ultimately remove alien criminal fugitives.

When the series first aired ICE was not the primary agency. As the series progressed, viewers came to love the chemistry between the marshals and ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.

In this fictional movie, after meeting a gang member named Big Evil, a police officer decides to monitor his activities when he uncovers a vast human trafficking ring. However, ICE special agents arrive and tell the police officers to "lay low" due to possible reprisals.

This fictional TV series follows a group of the firefighters and paramedics working at the Chicago Fire Department. ICE was featured in one episode in the series' first season. In that episode, a trailer filled with illegal aliens is left locked under a bridge. All died but one 15-year-old girl. Chicago firemen and ICE helped get her to back to her family.

Hawaii Five-O is a remake of the 1960's classic fictional TV series, which follows an elite Hawaiian law enforcement team as they crack tough cases. ICE is highlighted in season two, episode eight, when an HSI special agent is found dead inside of a crashed plane.

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